France 1815-BB 5 francs Dav-85

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71466

This specimen was lot 71466 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire (Les Cent-Jours). 5 Francs, 1815-BB. Strasbourg Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, EF Details. A VERY RARE and seldom encountered type from Napoleon's brief recapturing of power in the spring of 1815, this crown does a minor scratch and some cleaning marks, but is nevertheless impressive and important. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Weil in 1989 for $1,258). Ex: Alain Weil (6/1989) Lot # 416." It was officially withdrawn from circulation in 1928 and demonetized in 2005 but ceased to circulate in France after World War One.

Recorded mintage: 3,723^[2], a rare date, plus 1,545 for Louis XVIII.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: Dav-85; F.307A/3, KM-704.1; Gad-595.

Sources:

Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
^[2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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France 1815-BB 5 francs Dav-85

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